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BRITISH COMEDIANS AGAINST AFGHAN ELECTIONS
In the wake of the tsunami and the outpouring of aid, The London Independent newspaper asked "politicians and commentators if 2005 might see a new determination to tackle global poverty."
Some commentators feared that the new year might see more horrors like... what the U.S. did to Afghanistan. Which, as you know, led to the end of the Taliban, the elimination of al-Qaeda training camps, actual rights for women, economic growth, international aid, trade and development, actual free elections, and the removal of warlords from the government.
The two Afghan-related comments:
RORY BREMNER, Comedian
On an individual level, it is not just about what we are prepared to give, but what we are prepared to give up. Having left Afghanistan and Iraq in their wake, can our leaders be trusted to fight a war on poverty?
BILL BAILEY, Comedian
It was the same after 11 September. Everyone said it was a great opportunity to try to understand the world but it was used by the US as a reason to go on a rampaging adventure in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I realize these two are comedians, not foreign policy analysts, but still... is the British left so heartless and mean-spirited that they see the elections in Afghanistan as an unfortunate development?
[Posted 01/04 01:28 PM]
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